14 january 2018 00:48:41

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who rode a wave of voter unhappiness with President Donald Trump to electoral victory, took the oath of office Saturday with a pledge to make politics less toxic and more productive. Speaking to a crowd gathered in dreary, cold weather on the south portico of the state Capitol, Northam took veiled shots at the president while promising to govern with a `moral compass.` `It can be hard to find our way in a time when there`s so much shouting, when nasty, shallow tweets take the place of honest debate,` Northam said. `We are bigger than this.` The folksy doctor with a low-key charm easily won Virginia`s closely watched governor`s race in...